Car body



oat. zo, 1925.

F. M. WHYTE CAR Bomoriginal Filed Dee. 1917 Illllllllllllllll s@ )ffm ums Patented' Oct.` 20, 1925;

* UNITED STATES Piilialarl oF Fica.

FREDERICK M. WHYTE, OF TARRYTOWN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO HUTCHINS CAR ROOFING COMPANY, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN,

A CORPORATION OF MICHIGAN.

CAB. BonY.

Application mea December e, 1917, serial No.

'l ing is a specification, reference ,being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

The invention relates to car body construction and has more particular reference to the construction of the ends and sides of the car from metallic sheets.- It is the object of the invention to obtain' a maximum of strength in a construction which may be readily formed from pressed sheets or-fplates, vand further to combine with said construction a non-metallic lining without materially increasing the thickness of the wall. With these objects in view the invention comprises the construction as hereinafter set forth.

In the drawings: v Figure 1\ is a horizontal section through a portion of the end and adjacent side of a car showing my improved construction;

Figure 2 is a vertical section on line 2 2 Figure 1,;

Fig. 2;

Figure 4 is an. elevation of one of then pressed sheets.` v

In the construction of railway box cars from metallic sheets the gauge or thickness of the' metal is such as to impart but very little strength to 'the wall in lresisting stresses transverse therto. Consequently it is necessary to provide a supporting frame to produce the necessarytrussing and impart I the desired rigidity to the structure. Wit-h the present invention the frame may be dis- 'pensed with andI the trussing pro uced by the cooperation of a pair of sheets, one ofv which is bent or embossed at intervals to separate. the same from the other. A further feature of my improvement is that itmay be used in connection with a wood lined car, the studs or posts for securing-the lining being arranged intermediate embossed portions ofthe metallic. plates. This avoids ,increase in the thickness of the wall, and combines in the one structure strength, rigidly and heat insulation.

In detail, -A is a metallic plate, which is pressed to form a series of inwardly-extending embossed portions B. C yis an outer and B and secured thereto similar construction,

Figure 3 is a cross section on line .3-3

' or inside will be' resisted by site sides of the longitudinal center line of v the car and overlapping each other atthel center. At'the corners these Vplates are se' I cured to the side plates ofthe car by rounded corner strips D, and the' -sides of the car may be formed by simila pairs of plates overlapping and secured to each other. At the base the plates A and B are suitably secured to the sill, and as shown in Figures 2 and 3 the sill vEl is in the form ofan angle bar, the upwardly-extending ange E of which is embraced by the plates A as in Fig. 2, may be employed between the upper ends of the'sheets and the side plates.

by riveting. A

For certam uses cars with metallic walls v' are objectionable on account of condensa? tion of moisturey on thelnner face of the metal. This may be avoided and the structure also strengthened and reinforced by the provision of a wooden lining. As shown this comprises'the boards 'F whichare secured to posts G arranged between the embossed lportions, B of the inner lates. The

such as the bolts H, which are first riveted to secure the inner and outer plates tb each other and then extend. inward through the post G. Rivets I may be also arranged to connect the plates intermediate the bolts, as

indicated'in Figure 2. f

In use, any shocks or stresses imparted Ato the walls of the car either from the outside the truss formed by the outer and inner p ates, and further bythe reinforcement of the wooden lining. The lwooden lining prevents condensation on the inner surface and additional heat insulation .is obtained by the spaces between embossed portion of the inner andy outer plates which are filledfwith confined air.

While I havespecifically shown and deposts Gr may be spaces between the posts G thus orm'pockets I scribed the embossed plate as associated with afiat plate, it is obvious that the 'embossed plate is the chief factor in imparting rigidity I tothe structure.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. In a car body, a Wall comprising metallic plates having portions parallel and adacent'and secured to each other, and portions spaced by the embossing of one of the isheets to'constitute a truss, a lining for the l all adjacent to the embossed portions, and p stsfor supporting said lining in thespaces between said embossedportions.,

' 2. -In a car body, a -wallcoinprising a metallic sheet having pan-shaped embossedy portions, a cooperating sheet lying ad]acent to the portions of the embossed sheet in its original plane and secured thereto, and posts secured to the adjacent 'portions of said sheets and arranged in the spaces between the embossed pan-shaped portions thereof. 3.'In a cai'. body', a wall .comprising a metallic sheet having inwardly-embossed panel portions extending substantially fromA the sill to the plate, with intermediate and upper and lower portions lying substantially 'in `the original plane, a cooperating outer metallic sheet'lying adjacent to the portions in the original plane and rigidly secured thereto, posts arranged in theA spaces bef. tween adjacent'panels and secured to said sheets, and vaflining secured to vsaid jposts and l ing adjacent to the inwardlyreinbossed below the same, lying substantially in the original plane, the outerv sheets lying adjacent to the portions of saidv inner sheets .which are in the original p'lane and being -rigidlylsecuredthereto, and the marginalportions of said sheets at the center of the. 'car being overlapped, interspaced andse cured to each other. v. I f 5. In a car end, a metallic plate, one

i one'dimensionof said1endsaid plate havingv "dimension of which is substantially equal to Fi'iargina'l portions at the sides 4and ends thereof together with a central portion, all

y inthe same -generalplane ofthe plate, em-

bossed panel portions intermediate said central .portion and the-sides, extendingin the same direction and located-.in a spaced paral c lel'plane, and'obliquely extending portions ubetween the portions in the spacedplanes '-posite ends thereof.r Y.

at both sides and pendsthereof, said panel portions extending uninterruptedly between v said marginal and. oblique portions at op- 6. `In a car end, aV metallic wall comprising 'a plurality of metal plates, each of which hasone dimension substantiallyeqiial to one dimension of saidlend, and said 'plates hav- Ithe space between said ingtheir adjacent edges rigidly secured to I each other, each plate comprising marginal portions at the sides and ends in the same general plane, an .embossed panel 'portion' intermediate said marginal portions in a spaced parallel plane, and obliqucly extending portions connecting the portions in the t two planes atv 'bothl s des and ends, said panel portion extending uninterruptedly between the marginal and obliquely extending portions at opposite ends thereof.

7 In a car Wall, a metallic wall plate having marginal portions at the sides and ends in the saine general planema rectangular embossed panel portion intermediate said marginal portions in a spaced parallel plane extending continuously across said wall plate and terminating ne'a'i' the opposite edges thereof, the width of said'panel being at least twice the distance between' said planes, and obliquely extending portions connecting the portions in the two planes at both sides and ends. v

8. vInI a car wall, a metallic wall plate having marginal-portions at the sides and ends in the same general plane, an embossed portion intermediate said marginal portions in a spaced parallel plane and being of a width equal to at least twice the distance between said planes, and obliquely extending portions connecting the portions in the two planes at both sides and ends. f

' 9.- A car wall .comprising a metallic plate having parallel portions lying in spaced planes, a wooden strip of rectangular crosssection yand of a thickness corresponding to (planes, means for securing said strip tosai plate inone of'said planes with its opposite face lying flush with the other plane, and a wooden lining 'bear- :ico

ing against said plate in the latter plane and said strip and secured to the ,stri 10. In a car wall, an exten ed metallic plate composedof a plurality of .secti ons having their adjacent edge portions overolapping and rigidly secured to each other,

eachl section comprising' flat marginal portions at sides and `end's,'an embossed panel portion intermediate said marginal portions.

in a spaced parallel plane andconnectin obliquely extending portions between sai panel portion and marginal portion at both i I l Y tion lying against said wooden/ strips and side marginal portions of said plate and being secured to said strips. 11.-Ii1a railway car, the

flanged frame members, a metallic wall plate combination of a said panel portion having marginal portions at-the sides and ends in the same general plane, and an embossed panel portion intermediate said marginal portions in a spaced parallel plane, and obliquely extending portions connect- ,ing 'the portions in the two planes at both sides and ends, said frame members secured to said wall plate and positioned perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the panel and said panel extending uninterruptedly between the oblique and marginal portions secured to said frame members.

12. In a railway car, the combination of flanged frame members, a plurality of wall plates having marginal portions at the sides and ends in the same general plane, and an embossed panel portion intermediate said marginal portions in a spaced parallel plane, and obliquelyextending portions connecting the portions in the two planes at both sides and ends, some of said wall plates secured to said frame members at. two' opposite. edges and secured to the adjacent wall plates at the other two opposite edges and extending uninterruptedly between said frame members.

13. In a car wall, a metallic wall plate having marginal portions at the 'sides and ends in dierent planes, an embossed panel portion intermediate said marginal portions.

flanged frame members, a plurality of metallic wall plates, each wall plate having an embossed panel 'portion and portions surrounding said embossed portion in a spaced parallel plane, and oblique portions connecting the portions in the two planes, said Wall plates secured to said frame members at two opposite edges and Secured to adjacent `wall plates at the other two opposite edges and said panel portion extending uninterruptedly between said frame members at opposite ends thereof. l y

In testimon whereof I aliix mv si ture.

F EDERICK M. WH TE.v 

